Kingston upon Hull West (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull West
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Kingston upon Hull West in Humberside, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
Major settlementsKingston upon Hull
1955–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromHull Central and Haltemprice
Replaced byHull West and Hessle
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created fromKingston upon Hull
Replaced byHull North West and Hull South West

Kingston upon Hull West was a borough constituency in Kingston upon Hull which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

It was recreated for the 1955 general election and abolished again for the 1997 general election. It was then replaced by the new Hull West and Hessle constituency.

History

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Botanic, Coltman, Newington, and Park.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Coltman, North Newington, Pickering, St Andrew's, and South Newington.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Boothferry, Coltman, Derringham, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

1983–1997: The City of Hull wards of Boothferry, Derringham, Myton, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member[1] Party[2]
1885 Charles Wilson Liberal
1906 Charles Wilson Liberal
1907 Guy Wilson Liberal
1918 Constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1997

Election Member[1] Party
1955 Mark Hewitson Labour
1964 James Johnson Labour
1983 Stuart Randall Labour
1997 Constituency abolished: see Hull West and Hessle

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Rollit
General election 1885: Kingston upon Hull West[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wilson 5,247 58.7
Conservative Albert Rollit 3,697 41.3
Majority 1,550 17.4
Turnout 8,944 77.7
Registered electors 11,517
Liberal win (new seat)
Wilson
General election 1886: Kingston upon Hull West[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wilson 4,623 60.3 +1.6
Conservative Arthur Knocker Dibb [6] 3,045 39.7 −1.6
Majority 1,578 20.6 +3.2
Turnout 7,668 66.6 −11.1
Registered electors 11,517
Liberal hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Kingston upon Hull West[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wilson 6,283 64.2 +3.9
Liberal Unionist Goldwin Smith 3,500 35.8 −3.9
Majority 2,783 28.4 +7.8
Turnout 9,783 70.2 +3.6
Registered electors 13,929
Liberal hold Swing +3.9
General election 1895: Kingston upon Hull West[3][7][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wilson 6,637 82.6 +18.4
Ind. Labour Party Tom McCarthy 1,400 17.4 New
Majority 5,237 65.2 +36.8
Turnout 8,037 55.4 −14.8
Registered electors 14,520
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Kingston upon Hull West[3][7][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wilson 6,364 59.0 −23.6
Conservative John Bouch Willows 4,419 41.0 New
Majority 1,945 18.0 −47.2
Turnout 10,783 64.3 +8.9
Registered electors 16,757
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1906: Kingston upon Hull West[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wilson 8,652 57.5 −1.5
Liberal Unionist John Sherburn 6,405 42.5 +1.5
Majority 2,247 15.0 −3.0
Turnout 15,057 74.6 +10.3
Registered electors 20,192
Liberal hold Swing −1.5
Bartley
1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Guy Wilson 5,623 36.2 −21.3
Conservative George Trout Bartley 5,382 34.7 −7.8
Labour James Holmes 4,512 29.1 New
Majority 241 1.5 −13.5
Turnout 15,517 75.4 +0.8
Registered electors 20,583
Liberal hold Swing −6.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kingston upon Hull West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Guy Wilson 10,005 54.7 −2.8
Liberal Unionist John Sherburn 8,288 45.3 +2.8
Majority 1,717 9.4 −5.6
Turnout 18,293 80.9 +6.3
Registered electors 22,609
Liberal hold Swing −2.8
General election December 1910: Kingston upon Hull West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Guy Wilson 9,236 53.8 −0.9
Conservative Lambert Ward 7,943 46.2 +0.9
Majority 1,293 7.6 −1.8
Turnout 17,179 76.0 −4.9
Registered electors 22,609
Liberal hold Swing −0.9

General election 1914–15:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Kingston upon Hull West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 25,785 56.00
Conservative Reginald Northam 20,262 44.00
Majority 5,523 12.00
Turnout 46,047 70.12
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1959: Kingston upon Hull West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 25,446 52.51
Conservative Thomas H. F. Farrell 23,011 47.49
Majority 2,435 5.02
Turnout 48,457 75.60
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Kingston upon Hull West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 24,855 56.90
Conservative John G. Bellak 18,825 43.10
Majority 6,030 13.80
Turnout 43,680 70.94
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Kingston upon Hull West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 26,816 64.82
Conservative Giles Shaw 14,551 35.18
Majority 12,265 29.64
Turnout 41,367 70.42
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Kingston upon Hull West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 24,050 62.33
Conservative Timothy Edward Forrow 14,537 37.67
Majority 9,513 24.66
Turnout 38,587 64.79
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 20,719 49.33
Conservative Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor 12,788 30.44
Liberal I. Silverwood 8,497 20.23 New
Majority 7,931 18.89
Turnout 42,004 73.59
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 20,393 54.86
Conservative Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor 10,272 27.63
Liberal Anthony Ronald Michell 6,508 17.51
Majority 10,121 27.23
Turnout 37,173 64.55
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 19,750 55.78
Conservative R. E. Smith 11,592 32.74
Liberal S. J. Foston 3,656 10.33
National Front M. D. Fox 411 1.16 New
Majority 8,158 23.04
Turnout 35,409 67.46
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Kingston upon Hull West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Randall 15,361 41.92
Conservative Martin Robert Charles Humphreys 11,707 31.95
SDP Stephen Unwin 9,575 26.13 New
Majority 3,654 9.97
Turnout 36,643 63.50
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Kingston upon Hull West[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Randall 19,527 51.94
Conservative Martin Robert Charles Humphreys 11,397 30.32
SDP Martyn Arthur Bond 6,669 17.74
Majority 8,130 21.62
Turnout 37,593 67.57
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1990s

General election 1992: Kingston upon Hull West[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Randall 21,139 57.3 +5.4
Conservative Donald M. Stewart 10,554 28.6 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Robert D. Tress 4,867 13.2 −4.5
Natural Law Barry J. Franklin 308 0.8 New
Majority 10,585 28.7 +7.1
Turnout 36,868 65.7 −1.9
Labour hold Swing +3.5

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 130.
  3. ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907.
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  6. ^ "Yorkshire Candidates". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 10 July 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901.
  8. ^ a b Craig, 1885–1918, p. 130.
  9. ^ a b c British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973, by F. W. S. Craig.
  10. ^ a b F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973.
  11. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.